Nicklaus Children's Health System CEO salary and executive pay
Nicklaus Children's Health System paid its CEO, Matthew Love, $2,570,950 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. That is up $840,231 (48.5%) from the fiscal year ending December 2023. Total revenue on that return was $362,021,340, up 11.7% from $324,059,026 for the fiscal year ending December 2023. Nicklaus Children's Health System ranks 140th of 229 hospital systems on this site by CEO pay. Nicklaus Children's Health System has 3 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2024.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 45-3481327, Miami, FL.
CEO, fiscal year ending December 2024
$2,570,950
- Total revenue
- $362,021,340
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 96%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending December 2024, IRS object ID 202543179349305554.View the filing
Peers: the 183 other hospital systems on this site. Ranked 7th of 184 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.71% of revenue, our calculation from the same return. Revenue is Part I, line 12; peers are compared on their latest full-year returns.
The system's largest single return is filed separately by Variety Children's Hospital (EIN 59-0638499), so the revenue shown here is this return's own, not the whole system's.
Highest-paid people on the latest return
On the latest return, 11 people were paid more than $500,000, 7 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Matthew Love CEO President & CEO | $2,570,950 |
| Redmond P BurkeInterim Chief Cardiovascular Surgeon | $2,098,618 |
| Joseph M ForbessChief Cardiovascular Surgeon | $1,693,670 |
| Toba N NiaziChief Neurosurgery | $1,422,841 |
| Shelly WangMed Dir Surg Neuromodulation | $1,357,493 |
Also paid on the latest return: Stephen George (Medical Director Spine Surgery), $1,310,566; Chad A Perlyn MD (SVP & President NCPS (thru 5/19/24) / Physician), $1,215,796; Perry Ann Reed (SVP/COO NCHS & President NCH), $983,495; Dawn E Javersack (SVP/CFO Health System), $941,765; Marcos A Mestre MD (SVP & CCO (beg. 6/24) / NCH VP (thru 6/24), CMO (thru 8/24) / NCPS President (6/24 - 12/24)), $799,209; Jodi Laurence Esq (SVP and General Counsel), $749,959.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Amy Charley Esq (SECRETARY / DIRECTOR), Jaret Davis Esq (Vice Chairman / Director), Joseph Nader (CHAIRMAN / DIRECTOR), Phillip T George MD (Vice Chairman / Director), Alex Krys (Director), Alex Soto (Director), Barbara Nicklaus (Emeritus Director), Carlos Perez-Abreu (Director), Jay Massirman (Director), John M Lie-Nielsen (DIRECTOR), Jorge Gonzalez (Director), Juan Carlos Mas (EMERITUS DIRECTOR), Mario Murgado (Director), Michael Fux (Emeritus Director), Miguel Sosa (Director), Nan O'Leary (Director), Nicole Sayfie-Porcelli (Director), Peter Lopez (Director).
CEO pay by year
Each row is the CEO on that year's return.
| Fiscal year ending | Name and title | Total | Revenue | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2024 | Matthew Love CEO President & CEO | $2,570,950 | $362,021,340 | Filing |
| Dec 2023 | MATTHEW LOVE CEO President & CEO | $1,730,719 | $324,059,026 | Filing |
| Dec 2022 | MATTHEW LOVE CEO President & CEO | $1,837,661 | $294,404,944 | Filing |
How this pay was reported
The parts of each total, as reported on the return for the fiscal year ending December 2024.
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending December 2024, IRS object ID 202543179349305554.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Matthew LovePresident & CEO | $2,255,590 | $315,360 | $1,306,062 | $631,453 | $318,075 | $288,011 | $27,349 | $2,570,950 |
| Redmond P BurkeInterim Chief Cardiovascular Surgeon | $2,069,460 | $29,158 | $1,987,727 | $81,434 | $299 | $11,746 | $17,412 | $2,098,618 |
| Joseph M ForbessChief Cardiovascular Surgeon | $1,681,286 | $12,384 | $1,602,265 | $55,699 | $23,322 | $10,350 | $2,034 | $1,693,670 |
| Toba N NiaziChief Neurosurgery | $1,402,195 | $20,646 | $1,012,186 | $389,879 | $130 | $20,250 | $396 | $1,422,841 |
| Shelly WangMed Dir Surg Neuromodulation | $1,322,181 | $35,312 | $642,896 | $266,362 | $412,923 | $20,250 | $15,062 | $1,357,493 |
These figures come from Nicklaus Children's Health System's Form 990 returns, as the IRS publishes them. The methodology page explains how they're chosen. To report an error, email corrections@ceopaycheck.com.
How Nicklaus Children's Health System compares
Ranked 140th of 229 hospital systems by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 139th, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, $2,598,413
- Next in this ranking: 141st, Rady Children's Health, $2,563,540
Closest in revenue among the hospital systems on this site:
Avera Health$2,504,735 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Piedmont Healthcare$4,428,574 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Prisma Health$3,374,451 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
CoxHealth$1,977,250 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
Baptist Memorial Health Care$3,913,950 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
Common questions
Matthew Love (President & CEO) was paid $2,570,950 for the fiscal year ending December 2024: $2,255,590 from Nicklaus Children's Health System and $315,360 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The CEO, Matthew Love, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $2,570,950.
Nicklaus Children's Health System paid its CEO, Matthew Love, $2,570,950 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. That is up $840,231 (48.5%) from the fiscal year ending December 2023. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending December 2022, when the CEO was MATTHEW LOVE, paid $1,837,661. By fiscal year end: December 2022, $1,837,661 (MATTHEW LOVE); December 2023, $1,730,719; December 2024, $2,570,950.
Nicklaus Children's Health System's return for the fiscal year ending December 2024 reports total expenses of $449,334,294 and total revenue of $362,021,340 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so expenses exceeded revenue by $87,312,954. Expenses were $410,738,878 for the fiscal year ending December 2023, so they rose 9.4%. The CEO's pay of $2,570,950 equals 0.57% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 3 Form 990 returns Nicklaus Children's Health System filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2024. The latest full-year return was filed on November 13, 2025. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending December 2024 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.